Aśvavārādirevānta (अश्ववारादिरेवान्त, IAST: Aśvavārādirevānta) is an Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “He who ends all, beginning with horse-riders”. Aśva (horse), vāra (a turn, a rank, a vanguard), ādi (beginning with, et cetera), and evānta (he who brings to an end, anta = end) together describe Kalki-Viṣṇu as the one who sweeps away the mounted armies of adharma first and then all that follows.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In the Purāṇic vision of the Kalki avatāra, the Lord rides a divine white horse and confronts the assembled forces of Kali, the foremost of whom are themselves mounted warriors; aśvavāra thus evokes this dramatic image of cavalry swept away by the divine horseman. The suffix evānta emphasises finality — this is no partial victory but an absolute end.

This epithet is specific to the Kalki-cycle and is not used as a personal name in practice; its complexity and its martial specificity make it best suited to devotional recitation. Pronounced: aś-va-vā-rā-di-re-vān-ta.

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Scriptural source

Aśvavārādirevānta appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Aśvavārādirevānta aligns with the Krittika nakshatra, under the Mesha rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 8.